Solved - NEH 4350: Austin A40 Futura for Swedish market.

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Carnut

November 04, 2015, 07:14:04 AM
What's this?  1 point for getting it right..

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crostonian

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November 04, 2015, 07:39:05 AM
Austin A40 Farina

Carnut

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November 04, 2015, 07:43:05 AM
Quote from: crostonian on November 04, 2015, 07:39:05 AM
Austin A40 Farina

Welcome to AutoPuzzles crostonian.

Clearly that is the car's base, but this being AutoPuzzles the answer is not quite as straightforward as that; things are rarely what they seem to be here!
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Carnut

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November 18, 2015, 05:32:00 AM
Experts?
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richard cuyler

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November 18, 2015, 08:03:13 AM
Early sixties Innocenti Austin A40?

Carnut

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November 18, 2015, 08:06:26 AM
Quote from: richard cuyler on November 18, 2015, 08:03:13 AM
Early sixties Innocenti Austin A40?

It's not an Innocenti...
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wingroad

#6
November 18, 2015, 02:52:28 PM
Seem to remember there was a special danish version of the Austin A40.

58_spyder

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November 18, 2015, 03:28:29 PM
Is it the A 40 van version? This was produced in MKI and MKII version, these were based on the Countryman. They were fully trimmed but having a steel panel instead of the rear quarter light. It was a export only model, with most of them going to Finland or Portugal about 600 in total.

Carnut

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November 19, 2015, 04:22:33 AM Last Edit: November 19, 2015, 07:07:53 AM by Carnut
Quote from: wingroad on November 18, 2015, 02:52:28 PM
Seem to remember there was a special danish version of the Austin A40.

There was but this isn't one of them! (Although some might have been sold in Denmark).

Quote from: 58_spyder on November 18, 2015, 03:28:29 PM
Is it the A 40 van version? This was produced in MKI and MKII version, these were based on the Countryman. They were fully trimmed but having a steel panel instead of the rear quarter light. It was a export only model, with most of them going to Finland or Portugal about 600 in total.

I'm sure you're right but this isn't one of those either!
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richard cuyler

#9
November 19, 2015, 09:10:37 AM
Is it a Swedish 'Futura'?

Carnut

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November 19, 2015, 10:39:01 AM Last Edit: November 20, 2015, 05:03:48 AM by Carnut
Quote from: richard cuyler on November 19, 2015, 09:10:37 AM
Is it a Swedish 'Futura'?

Yes it is!
The Futura was a version of the A40 specially-built for the Swedish and Norwegian markets, although the only difference between it and the regular version was improved heating and a pre-heater for the engine.  It was named 'Futura' because 'Farina', as it was called in most other markets, meant 'brown sugar' or something like that in Swedish so wasn't deemed a good name for a car!  I think some might have been sold in Denmark, but in fact they had their own version of the A40 with minor differences like side repeater indicators.
Well done!

Here's a picture of the rear showing the name (there was the Futura based on the MkI A40 and the Futura 2 based on the MkII cars):

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richard cuyler

#11
November 19, 2015, 06:57:50 PM
It goes to show, sometimes a calculated guess can gain a point. Thanks, Carnut!

By the way, as everyone probably knows, 'farina' is Italian for 'flour', but for some reason this hasn't put the World off Farina designs (imagine a Ferrari by Flour - would you be put off? The Italians seem fine about it!), so maybe the Swedes were being over sensitive about a car called 'farina', which may remind Swedes of 'farinsocker' for 'brown sugar'. Quite sweet, really.  ::) ::)

Carnut

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November 20, 2015, 05:06:17 AM Last Edit: November 20, 2015, 07:38:40 AM by Carnut
Quote from: richard cuyler on November 19, 2015, 06:57:50 PM
It goes to show, sometimes a calculated guess can gain a point. Thanks, Carnut!

By the way, as everyone probably knows, 'farina' is Italian for 'flour', but for some reason this hasn't put the World off Farina designs (imagine a Ferrari by Flour - would you be put off? The Italians seem fine about it!), so maybe the Swedes were being over sensitive about a car called 'farina', which may remind Swedes of 'farinsocker' for 'brown sugar'. Quite sweet, really.  ::) ::)

And I believe 'Ferrari' is the equivalent of our 'Smith', so 'Smith by Flour' just doesn't have quite the same ring to it as 'Ferrari by Farina' does it?!
I used to call my Ferrari Dino my Alf Smith, as 'Dino' was of course short for 'Alfredo' (via 'Alfredino')!  Somehow 'Alf Smith' just didn't sound as exotic as 'Dino Ferrari' though...
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Allan L

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November 20, 2015, 10:44:36 AM Last Edit: November 20, 2015, 10:46:57 AM by Allan L
Quote from: Carnut on November 20, 2015, 05:06:17 AM
And I believe 'Ferrari' is the equivalent of our 'Smith', so 'Smith by Flour' just doesn't have quite the same ring to it as 'Ferrari by Farina' does it?!
I used to call my Ferrari Dino my Alf Smith, as 'Dino' was of course short for 'Alfredo' (via 'Alfredino')!  Somehow 'Alf Smith' just didn't sound as exotic as 'Dino Ferrari' though...
It'd be o.k. so long as you were playing one of Joe Green's operatic arias on its radio - sung by Calm Sunday of course! 8)

See here for some earlier polyglot fluff:
http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=13279.0
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Carnut

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November 20, 2015, 01:25:55 PM
 :lmao:
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